Michel de Montaigne on Human Nature
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Michel de Montaigne, catalogued under Human Nature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Michel de Montaigne, entry #23709: "There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants."
Attributed to Michel de Montaigne, entry #248749: "I live from day to day, and content myself with having enough to meet my present and ordinary needs; for the extraordinary, all the provision in the world could not suffice."
3 Quotes by Michel de Montaigne on Human Nature
"There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants."
"I live from day to day, and content myself with having enough to meet my present and ordinary needs; for the extraordinary, all the provision in the world could not suffice."
"Ambition is not a vice of little people."